[PATCH] New option --enable-pie-programs

[Florian Weimer]

* Siddhesh Poyarekar:

> On 11/17/21 14:09, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Siddhesh Poyarekar:
>> 
>>> On 11/16/21 19:28, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>>> * Siddhesh Poyarekar:
>>>>
>>>>> Add a new option --enable-pie-programs to build tests and binaries as
>>>>> PIE.  This allows building all dynamic programs in glibc (e.g.
>>>>> iconvconfig, getconf, etc.) as PIE on architectures that do not have
>>>>> -static-pie.
>>>> Please integrate this in some way with libc_cv_cc_pie_default and
>>>> libc_cv_pie_default.  Probably --enable-pie-programs should default to
>>>> yes if the toolchain defauls to PIE.
>>>
>>> AFAICT, libc_cv_cc_pie_default is only to set -fno-pie for non-PIE
>>> linking with a toolchain that defaults to pie.  PIE linking otherwise
>>> is controlled accross the board with libc_cv_pie_default, which
>>> includes build-pie-default, static-pie and now pie-programs.
>>>
>>> So I reckon it is integrated; the new pie-programs variable is only to
>>> set CFLAGS to -fPIC.
>> --enable-pie-programs=no with a default-PIE toolchain still produces
>> PIE
>> programs, right?
>
> Yes, it should.  $libc_cv_pie_default is overwritten only in case of
> --enable-pie-programs=yes, otherwise it is left alone, much like 
> --enable-static-pie.

But that doesn't make sense, does it?  If the user requests non-PIE
programs, they should get that.

Thanks,
Florian